They play on clubs during year (like the NBA they sign contracts can switch from club to club in what is called the transfer period). Then are organized by nationality for world cup euro cup international friendlies etc for which the respective international manager calls a specific number of them up.

THE Wife

They play on clubs during year (like the NBA they sign contracts can switch from club to club in what is called the transfer period). Then are organized by nationality for world cup euro cup international friendlies etc for which the respective international manager calls a specific number of them up.

THE Wife

I think I read somewhere that the women are profitable and the men are not. Not sure if this is just WC or overall. The men are losers too while the women win. Isn't mens soccer the most popular sport in the world? Not int he USA, but overall?

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I think I read somewhere that the women are profitable and the men are not. Not sure if this is just WC or overall. The men are losers too while the women win. Isn't mens soccer the most popular sport in the world? Not int he USA, but overall?

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The sponsorship deals are usually bundled and the tv rights definitely are . I do believe the woman generated more ticket revenue than the men last year , but I’d have to see how many games each side played to see if that’s a fair comparison.

Every article I read points to ticket sales being higher then there is a caveat that it’s only a small portion of total revenue and it’s really difficult to tell because tv rights are bundled etc , etc .

The men are probably overpaid given the crap they’ve put out the last 10 years

THE Wife

The lawsuit cites a very specific example in showing the profitability of the women's team. It states that in 2016, U.S. Soccer had initially budgeted a loss of $430,000 for the two senior national team programs but later revised that to a $17.7 million profit due to the USWNT's 2015 World Cup win and a surge in the team's popularity.

What the lawsuit doesn't get into is the fact that the trend of the women bringing in more revenue than the men continued after the 2015 World Cup. The financials from U.S. Soccer's own annual reports show more revenue from the USWNT than the USMNT in 2017 and 2018 as well.

No doubt, a big reason that trend has continued is that the USMNT missed out on last year's World Cup entirely. If the men had qualified, the financial picture would be very different. But the men didn't qualify.